On April 18, 1861, Paul Broca conducted an autopsy on a speechless patient named "Tan," and discovered the seat of language.
Over 1 billion people worldwide are living with one or more mental health disorders that affect their mood, thinking ...
A new study suggests that four psychoactive compounds work in surprisingly similar ways, and that they break down the ...
A stroke is a serious event that happens when the brain does not get enough blood. This can be caused by a blockage or by ...
Was it real? Was it fake? Did it matter? The truth was somewhere in the middle: It was technically a mockumentary, and nobody ...
Brain swelling in the days following a stroke caused by a brain bleed is linked to a higher risk of death and disability, a ...
New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.
Summary: For decades, scientists have known that the protein tau acts like a wildfire in the brain, leaping from region to ...
Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.
An entire mammalian brain has been successfully preserved using a technique that will now be offered to people who are terminally ill. The intention is to preserve all the neural information thought ...